July 9, 2019

Mini Wire Spools

I use a lot of wire from recycled Cat5 cable in various projects I do so this is just a quick simple project to organize all of it.

I’ve had this big jumbled tangle of wire laying around for a while and it was a PITA to untangle it every time I needed a piece so it was time to rectify that problem.

I designed and printed these mini spools to organize it all.

The two halves of the spool simply get super glued together.

I also designed this winder to spool up the loose wire.

It just gets stuck on the end of a hex screwdriver bit in the Drill.

Next I just stick one end of the loose wire through a hole in the spool…

… then stick the spool on the drill and slowly wind it on using the drill while guiding the wire onto the spool with a finger.

The loose end is just stuck through one of the opening in the spool to hold it in place. The finished spools hold about 20-25 feet of 24 gauge wire.

Now every thing is nice and neat and easy to use.

Once the spools are wound I can trim off the inner end of the wire flush with the spool…

… and the spool can be stored on a piece of 1″ PVC pipe.

All Information, Pictures, and Material is copyright © 2018 by Stephen Thone and may not be used for any personal or commercial purposes without the consent of the author. All rights reserved. The Author makes no guarantees or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of, or results to be obtained from accessing and using the Information herein.